Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 289 Ruins of Aluf

"Kacha~"

The telekinetic barrier disappeared, and the countless phantom images of demons vanished.

Coming to his senses, Natsume looked at Hoopa and found that the other had returned to his initial indifferent expression.

Behind it, a ring shimmered with green light.

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The system's announcement sounded, and the scenery around Natsume receded like the tide, revealing Ash and the others.

"Natsume-nii, what's wrong?"

Ash shook Natsume's arm.

"Mr. Natsume, are you alright?"

Jiaozi grabbed his other arm.

"nothing."

Natsume shook his head slightly, looked around, but found nothing; Hoopa was nowhere to be seen.

"I'll go find Ho-Oh, the legendary Ho-Oh. One of my Pokémon needs its repair."

Natsume suddenly spoke, his telekinetic energy carrying his voice, ethereal and permeating the space.

"Stab!"

Not far ahead, space tore open again.

A golden ring floated out and snapped onto Natsume's wrist.

"I am fine."

Natsume touched the gold ring on his wrist.

The ring was firmly attached to the skin, and even telekinesis could not penetrate the gap, making it difficult to remove.

"What are you going to do with this, you strange Pokémon?"

Curious, everyone peered over and discovered that the golden ring on Natsume's wrist was the same ring that Hoopa had, the one that could be used to open up space.

Ash tapped the ring and found that the texture was not as hard as he had imagined; instead, it felt soft, like touching a piece of meat.

"Please return the Nonsense Tree; the photo albums are all here."

Natsume handed the photo album, which was missing a page, to the escort.

Those shimmering mythical beasts were all brought over by Hoopa from different worlds.

Even the location where these photos were taken may not be in their world.

Its scientific research value is minimal; it can only be used for collection or museum exhibitions.

"Ah, okay."

The escort was terrified, but when Natsume spoke, he breathed a sigh of relief, threw the ball, summoned his Charizard, and flew away without looking back.

"Natsume-nii, what exactly happened just now?!"

Back at the campsite, Ash surrounded Natsume, asking him questions with curiosity.

"You'd better not know."

Natsume yawned.

"Why can't I know!" Ash protested.

"Pickup!"

Pikachu jumped onto Ash's head and looked at Natsume curiously.

On the other side, Xiaoxia, Xiaogang, and Jiaozi, though restrained, were also looking over with curiosity.

"You're going to cry again later."

Natsume's eyelids drooped; the expenditure of his telekinetic energy today was unprecedented.

Even the psychic power stored in the Life Doll was all given to the Mewtwo Ball Rotom, leaving Natsume to recover slowly on his own.

"How could that be? I'm a trainer, I'm not afraid of anything, and I would never cry!"

Xiao Zhi patted his chest, looking very confident:

Even if it's a really, really scary Pokémon, I'm not afraid!

"Pikapi!"

Pikachu mimicked Ash, patting Ash's chest.

Natsume looked at Satoshi and raised an eyebrow slightly.

"OK then."

Half an hour later
"Waaaaah, Natsume-nii, I can't sleep tonight, it's all your fault!"

Xiao Zhi gritted his teeth, snot and tears dripping into the campfire.

"Pikapi"

Pikachu lowered his head.

"So, doesn't that mean well but end up doing something wrong?"

Jiaozi frowned deeply.

"Yes, yes, Hoopa could have extended the time it took for Grandpa to find the Sudowoodo Tree."

Xiaoxia lowered her head in self-reproach.

"Hupa can fade other people's memories," a weary voice rang out.

Natsume lay by the campfire, with his head propped up by his lap.

Sure enough, he should have kept quiet.

After saying all that, you still have to comfort people.

"If we're looking for Ho-Oh, our next destination—Pearl City—seems to be where Ho-Oh used to live."

Xiao Gang held the map and said in a deep voice.

"But Ho-Oh likes to travel around. Last week, there were eyewitness accounts of it, and the location was still in Twin Dragons City, Unova."

Jiaozi held her phone, searching for information about Ho-Oh. "Ah, so the probability of encountering Ho-Oh again in Orb City is practically zero?"

Xiaoxia lowered her head in disappointment.

"No matter what, we're going to Orb City. There's an Orb Dojo there."

Natsume's murmured voice rang out, tinged with drowsiness.

In addition, the Gym Leader of the Orb Gym is descended from a charlatan priest who was responsible for communicating with Ho-Oh.

The probability of encountering Ho-Oh is definitely higher in that place than in other places.

Furthermore, inside the Burnt Tower in Pearl City, there is a prop related to Ho-Oh—a silver bell.

For that reason alone, Natsume has to go.

Everyone remained silent, and nothing was said that night.

The next day.

"Let's go, to Yuanzhu City!"

Ash took the lead and even helped everyone pack their bags.

"Hey, hey, hey, didn't you say you couldn't sleep yesterday?"

Xiaoxia yawned, glanced at her watch, and saw it was 6:30.

"This one"

Xiao Zhi thought about it seriously for a moment.

He felt he couldn't sleep, but as soon as he closed his eyes, it was the next day.

"Let's go. The sooner we go, the longer we can stay in Yuanzhu City."

Natsume opened his phone and glanced at the date.

The Chengdu Alliance's schedule was quite tight this time. Excluding the necessary travel, Natsume and the others could only stay in each city for about a day and a half on average.

Now we skipped Goldenrod City and got the badge right at the ranch, saving about two and a half days.

"If we hurry, we might be able to stay in Yuanzhu City for a week."

Xiao Gang yawned as he explained his plans.

At 4:30 a.m. this morning, Xiao Zhi pulled him out of bed.

Why don't you consult Natsume Planning?

Xiao Gang put the map away and asked Xiao Zhi sleepily.

Judging from last night's conversation, Natsume clearly had done extensive research on Orochimaru City.

"Because Natsume-nii really will hit me." Satoshi shrank his neck.

Xiaogang: "."

After packing their luggage, the group arrived at the riverbank.

The river was still swift, and the old man's small boat had long since disappeared.

With a surge of telekinesis, Natsume effortlessly transported everyone to the other side of the river.

"Let's go, if we cross this forest, we can get directly... hmm?"

Xiao Gang looked at the map in his hand with suspicion.

"What's wrong?"

Ash, who was at the very front, turned around and looked at the other person.

"Ancient Pokémon Park Ecosystem - Ruins of Aluf, shall we go there?"

Xiao Gang asked curiously.

He remembered that this place wasn't on the route plan.

"I added it the day before yesterday."

Natsume explained:
"Professor Oak was asked to go there, but he was busy, so he asked me to do it for him."

Natsume waved his hand.

"What is the purpose of this Aluf Ruins?"

Ash looked curiously at the map in Brock's hand, and what came into view was a huge semi-circular building, like an upside-down bowl on the ground.

"The largest fossil Pokémon research site in the Chengdu area has reportedly made a very significant discovery, and research teams from all regions have been invited."

Anyway, there was a discussion session.

As Natsume spoke, he tossed a pile of white coats to the group.

"This is?"

The group looked at the white coats in their hands, somewhat at a loss.

"From both a moral and logical standpoint, as a brother region, Guandu should definitely send a research team over."

Natsume paused as he spoke:

"But as you know, most of the researchers are on the nameless island, in Ampu City, and in the Moon Mountain."

"Wow, Natsume-san, are you asking us to play the role of researchers?!"

Xiao Zhi excitedly held the white coat in his hand.

"Me, me, us?"

Xiaoxia was at a loss, holding the white coat.

"Don't worry, I've already thought of the right things to say for you."

As Natsume spoke, he handed a booklet to each of Kasumi, Satoshi, and Takeshi.

When someone asks you a question, you simply look up, smile, nod, and say, "Yes."

"Or you can talk less and eat more cakes."

"That way, if others see you eating, they won't feel comfortable asking you anything."

"As for the rest, we'll see how it's answered in this booklet," Natsume instructed.

(End of this chapter)